A family photo

I found this photo of my grandma and grandpa and my father (striped shirt), uncle and aunt..
My grandmother, Ketty is my age in this photo and already her hair is grey.. My granddad looks so handsome with the tie and pibe:) -and I love the way he put his hand on my dad's shoulder...
It makes me long for Summer spend with my family.

The wedding

Here's more from the family album as promised...
My grandparents got married in 1956.

My granddad colored this photo himself;)
I have it in my bedroom in a frame I found a long time ago, it looks like it was made for it:)

Like all of her clothes Ketty had the wedding dress made especially for her. I love the collar and her half hat veil. Unfortunately she didn't keep any of it, she's not even sure what happened to it...

Her bouquet had red Roses, Lily of the valley, Myrtle and lace ribbons and she also had Myrtle on her veil. It must have been in fashion because my other grandmother had excatly the same, only she also had Baby's Breath in her bouquet.

Here they are returning from the church and photographer. I believe they had the wedding party at Ketty's parent's house...

Another of my granddads creations...

Next to my grandfather is his father who I never got to meet, I'm not sure where his mother is seated -they were divorced.

Opening the presents...

Wedding guests. The lady in the front with the gingham apron is Ketty's Mom -my great grandmother Helga (I actually had two great grandmothers called Helga -both were hairdressers..) she always had perfect pin curls. The guy on the left in uniform is Børge's brother Vern who's been living in Florida for years.

Going home.. Pretty coats and dresses in the background. They couldn't afford a honey moon so they just went back home to their appartment...

Next time, their children...

Introducing Ketty...

A while ago I made a promise to make a post about my beloved grandma Ketty, my muse...

I went home to visit my family for the weekend and had a chance to go through my grandmothers photo albums. My grandfather, her husband sadly passed away earlier this year and it felt really good to see their lives in pictures and hear their stories so I'll be posting much more about them later on, but for now we'll begin with Ketty....

This is the earliest picture I could find of her.. There she is in the bottom left side (with the butterfly..) with all of her friends, how cute is that! She was born in 1934 so I'm guessing this photo is from sometime in the mid to late 40's...

Here she is in the mid 50's doing a bit of modelling or as she would say mannequin work. I would totally wear that outfit today...
Sadly I look nothing like this little lady on the outside but on the inside we are quite alike.


This is my favorite! My grandfather had this pinned up when he was a soldier;)
He always said that she was the prettiest, best dressed little lady. She told me she had most of her clothes made for her, she wasn't a wealthy lady but she just couldn't find clothes in the shops that were exactly the way she wanted them -I feel the same way!


Here she is on my grandfathers Triumph Tiger 100 in the cutest bathing suit! She actually had a motorcycle licens and she and my grandfather went on roadtrips together.


Doing the dishes... She is a very proper lady she cannot leave her house before she has cleaned it all and has never gone to bed with dirty dishes waiting in the kitchen even after late night parties...


My grandfather had this in his wallet... Awww I cry....

I promise I'll be posting more.. next time it's grandpa's turn;)